Maintenance Instructions
The pages in this website were
created offline using the Microsoft Expression product, and
then uploaded to the host provider.
Modifications to a page will also need to be made offline
and uploaded. You can use Expression, or a
simple text editor like Notepad or Textpad (available
free) to do this. You can also use other HTML
editors (eg Notepad++ or SeaMonkey, both free).
Begin by dowloading the existing page you wish to edit from
the host, if necessary.
The following sections explain how to
perform the most common maintenance operations.
Remember to
change the Edited date at the foot of each page you alter.
How to change the
scrolling text ('tickertape')
The scolling text is located in the file
index.html. Identify the existing text in this file by comparison
with the displayed page, and use the editor to replace it with the
required new text. Then upload the edited file.
How to update the poster on the Future Events page
Create a
jpg file of the poster named WCSNextConcert.jpg.
Use an
appropriate picture editor to size the file so that it occupies
less than 150Kb of disk space, by reducing the resolution, image
size and compression ratio accordingly. (Irfanview is a suitable
free editor; set the jpg compression ratio to 70%).
Upload
the file to the images directory, overwriting the existing file of
the same name.
How to add a poster to the slideshow on the Poster Gallery page
Create a jpg file of the poster, sizing it as above.
Upload this file to the Posters folder.
Now edit the file
PosterGallery.html by inserting a new line containing the filename
of the photo you have just uploaded.
How to add a photo to the slideshow on the Photo Gallery page
Create a jpg file of the photo, sizing it as above.
Upload this file to the Photos folder.
Now edit the file
PhotoGallery.html by inserting a new line containing the filename
of the poster you have just uploaded.
How to update the AGM page
Create a pdf file of the AGM minutes, and upload them to the AGM
folder. Edit the file AGM.html to insert a link to the file you have
just uploaded, using existing entries as a guide. (Note that the
latest entries go at the top of the list).
How to update the Past Concerts page
If a programme for the
concert is available, create a pdf file of it and upload it to the
Programmes folder.
Edit the PastConcerts.html file to add an
extra row in the table of past concerts, making a link to the new
programme file if necessary.
How to make general text changes
Identify the page which you
want to change and edit the file pagename.html accordingly.
How to add a new page
To add a new page, you must create the
page and add a link to it on every existing page. If you uses
Microsoft Expression, the index.dwt file allows you to do this
easily.
If you use another editor, you can create a copy of
the Master.html file as the starting point for the new page.
However, you will have to add the new link separately to
each existing page.
You can use the default masthead picture
for the new page, or change to one of the existing pictures in
the images folder, or create a new one.
To create a new
masthead picture, you can :-
- modify the file
masthead.doc using Microsoft Word (or OpenOffice)
or
- modify
the file masthead.svg using a sutable drawing application
or
- modify the file masthead.jpg using a photo editor application.
In each case, you must end up with a jpg file of size approx 840
by 240 pixels at 144 dpi, using a compression ratio of 70%
How the domain name works
The domain name
www.warehamchoral.co.uk was purchased from cp.thenames.uk in Oct
018. it will need to be renewed in 2023. The name points to
nameservers gwen.ns.cloudflare.com and miles.ns.cloudflare.com.
There is a free account on cloudfare which is used to provide an SSL
certificate for the domain. This account links the domain to the
00webhost subdomain warehamchoral.000webhost.com.